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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1910
Page
2
A garbled excerpt discusses perceptions of intellect and education, mentioning Peggy Woran and Heston. It references towns and people in a reflective if unclear social critique about who values education and where youths fit in.
Fragmentary text describes an incident at a boat on Minocqua Wisconsin with a fisherman involved and an officer’s investigation. Details are corrupted and largely unreadable, making it hard to identify names, dates, or exact sequence of events.
Railway workers led by union leaders win a concession on wages. The new scale, set to take effect in January, is described as the chief demand satisfied. Rallies sponsored by the unions highlighted broad support from workers and directors.
Roswell history instructor W. R. Kedsoe at the New Mexican Military Institute is found dead in his rooms. Police report says the death was caused by an overdose of strychnine taken during a personal crisis.
scattered garbled references discuss restoration or disposal of a king's estate and related properties. mentions palais, carepuras, and potential actions by authorities but specifics are unclear due to corrupted text.
J. R. Rises Jr., an Alaska government engineer, reports discovering a peak far north of the Arctic Circle that he believes exceeds Denali by nearly 2,000 feet, surpassing the former highest continental summit.
A Grand Rapids and Indiana freight train collided with a work train in Portland Indiana. Six laborers were killed and many were injured in the crash.
Porter Chariton, who confessed to killing his wife Mrs. Mary Scott Chariton, was ordered turned over to federal authorities in extradition proceedings initiated to transfer him to Italy.
Federal grand jury convened on suspected conspiracy to defraud in Alaska coal land deals. Indicted are Munday, Simtecex, WW Shieds, Piven, and others linked to alleged Emelish Wy Strasey group schemes. Secretary of the Interior figures named along with Christopher Stanonds in the alleged scheme.
General Valladares, ruling Amapala on the western coast of Ploniduras, quits after protests by Torisn consuls. President Krayville of Tionduras telegraphs him to retire and return to the capital to settle accounts. Valladares prepares to go on leave once finances are closed.
Four men were killed and several injured in a head on collision between a northbound freight train and a work train on the Grand Rapids Indiana railroad five miles north of Deerville.
Frank Ropers a Logan county farmer killed himself by hanging amid fears he had burdened himself with heavy debt after investing in eighty acres of land in Kansas. The unsure financial strain prompted the fatal act.
Joy. Joe N. Gillette in San Francisco to discuss merging the Merchant Marine league and deciding on means to boost naval power in Pacific waters.
President Taft plans to urge Congress in the annual message to restrict private development of water power on public lands and to tighten controls on coal oil and phosphates. He also signals proposals on antitrust enforcement interstate commerce and Alaska governance and civil service reforms.
A Springfield area official, Shain, a four year county commissioner, details a bribery scheme. He says he would receive a commission for steering county iron pipe purchases and shows letters from Greenburg Iron Co to the prosecutor. He describes a meeting with William Smith and Pinkelstein in this city and notes railroad travel paid.
Heavy rains cooled a wide forest fire area in the Rainy River district near Beaudette. Officials report four more deaths found in ruined woods south of Beaudette, though the total toll is not expected to rise significantly. Governor Eberhardt traveled from Beaudette to St Paul.
Stockholm reports the Swedish minister to Belgium has been named minister in Washington to replace M Lagercrantz who resigned. Krons ward receives appointment as new Swedish official in the capital.
Gen W H King a Confederate veteran who started as a private and rose to acting major general died in Sulphur Springs Texas He served ten years as adjutant general of the state and was a prominent military figure.
Warren G. Purdy a former president of the Rock Island railroad died at his Chicago home after years of invalidism. Born in Baltimore in 1843 he had led the Rock Island during his tenure and his death marks the end of an era for the line.
A seventy year old man describes chronic hand sores that bled and burned, impeding daily tasks. He found relief after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, noting rapid healing within a week and sustained improvement. He mentions a neighbor's child also benefited from the remedies.
A boy raised by a feckless father is kept away from Temeland and the Ens. He sits with a nurse as the family hosts an English lord. Conversation stalls during a late meal in the indie room. A curate overhears a strange chant amid the scene.
A rustic tale recalls a city man meeting a country beauty in a Downcast village. He sends her a gift of cold cream to keep her cheeks fresh and asks for feedback on the product. She replies with a measured compliment about preferring the other kind of cream.
Mrs. Benham asks how the hat looks and Benham quips about a mayonnaise dressing on the hat in a playful exchange.
A short aphorism suggests wealth status can be simulated by perception rather than cash, hinting at social signaling and self image through outward appearances.
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